New Sony Xperia X Nougat Concept Update Brings HD Voice Calls (VoLTE) Support

Good news for Sony Xperia X users! Sony has begun rolling out a new ‘Nougat-based’ Concept for Android firmware. The update carries a build number of 38.1.A.0.367 and comes with the for long prophesied support for VoLTE.

Currently, only the biggest carriers in Germany are supported, such big carriers include Telekom, Telefonica/02 and Vodafone. It is believed that roll out of this update will be hitting the UK and Spain next.’

Apart from the VoLTE support, the update also comes with new Xperia Home version, the 5 November 2016 Google Security patch which fixes the ‘Dirty Cow’ exploit, fix for camera related crashes and other minor changes.

What’s so great about VoLTE

You probably already know what LTE is, it stands for Long-Term Evolution .

VoLTE on the other hands stands for “Voice over Long-Term Evolution.” It is a standard for high-speed wireless communication for mobile phones and data terminals.

With its support, users can access HD voice calls. Without VoLTE support, you can only access data or internet features. So therefore, mobile with VoLTE support can be used to make HD calls.

Nowadays when you’re at LTE network and you decided to make a phone call, your smartphone switches network to 3G/2G.

Want to check whether your phone has LTE or VoLTE support?